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Antelope Island offers ■ WSU hockey clinches conference title
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VOL 84 ISSUE 59
"EDNESDAY, JANUARY 29,2014
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"There are a lot of those unsung
heroes... that give us their support
by decorating their stores or by
letting their employees wear purple
shirts. You walk in and you realize
you're in Wildcat country."
DAVID WILSON
WSUSA president
State of the Association
President David Wilson addresses students
PHOTO BY HAILEY MAYES | THE SIGNPOST
WSU student body president David Wilson expresses how he feels about the
accomplishments of the university in the State of the Association Address.
BYROSIEGERRISH
asst. news editor | The Signpost
@RosieGerrish
For the first time in
four years, Weber State
University had a State
of the Association Address during the weekly
student senate meeting
Monday.
Student body president David Wilson gave
the speech, which was
meant to be similar to
the United States' Presidential State of the
Union Address. Wilson
highlighted the accomplishments and events
of the WSU Student
Association so far this
year.
Wilson emphasized
the endeavors of the
vice presidents he works
with, including Trevor
Annis (service), Tessa
Diamond (leadership),
Alex Grimes (clubs
and organizations),
Lola Moli (diversity),
Courtney Woodfield
(programming) and
Alexis Marquez (Davis
campus).
Wilson went on to
highlight the importance of the WSU student senators.
"The semester this
year started up a little
bit slow . . . but where
we started off slow, I feel
like we really made up
for, and hit the ground
running for the rest of
the semester," he said.
Wilson said Homecoming was a big success. He spoke about
the lighting of the 'W
on the mountain, focusing on the students
and the return of Homecoming Royalty with the
help of WSU alumni. He
then described the student-initiated Wildcat
Center in the Stromberg
Gym Complex, which
began in the student
senate with senate president Brady Harris.
See PRESIDENT page 5
Greek every other week for Ogden's YCC
BYSKYLERPYLE
news editor | The Signpost
@SkylerPyle
Two Weber State University students, members
of the Pi Theta Xi fraternity, have started a competition with other organizations on campus to see
who can donate the most
to help the less fortunate
in the Ogden area.
Brendan Woodhall, a
WSU junior in business
administration, and Nathan Richard, a WSU
sophomore in early childhood and elementary education, both new actives
to Pi Theta Xi, said they
got the idea from their involvement with the WSU
InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship, which did a
clothing drive for Christmas. They both said the
drive was such a success
it made them want to continue helping the community.
After bringing their
idea to the Greek Coun
cil and getting support
from Zeta Gamma Eta,
Delta Chi Nu, Tau Psi Beta
and Phi Gamma Lambda, Woodhall and Richard decided to make it a
full-fledged competition
to see who could donate
the most clothing to Your
Community Connection
— a nonprofit organization that provides shelter
and help to victims of domestic violence, rape and
poverty according to its
website — by Feb. 19.
"We went to each organization individually, and
we have four other organizations that are helping us
out," Woodhall said. "And
if there is one thing people want to know about
the Greeks, it is that we
are competitive, so we are
having a lot of fun with the
competitive part of this."
Woodhall and Richard
devised a competition
that would not just help
the community but also
build the Greek community. Instead of the win
ner receiving a monetary
prize, they decided to create a coupon book with a
variety of winning selections, such as a coupon
that states the losing organization has to throw a
tea party for the winning
organization, or spot the
winning organization for
a day at the gym.
"We tried to keep the
awards as non-monetary
as possible, so we weren't
spending our money that
could actually go to charity," Richard said. "That
is pretty counterproductive in my mind. If we are
throwing money to an
award, then it just would
not be beneficial."
Woodhall and Richard
created the competition
to be broken down into
two-week periods so that
they could continually
have donations to make to
YCC.
"We wanted to have donations every two weeks
so that we can get to the
YCC in a timely manner,
PHOTO BY SKYLER PYLE | THE SIGNPOST
(Left) Members of the
WSU sororities and fraternities bag their second donation to YCC in
Ogden for their competition that will run
through Feb. 19.
to make the donation
available to people to
use it when they need it,"
Woodhall said. "It's cold
this time of year, and we
are also trying to stretch it
out as long as possible."
The competition has
yielded a total of 1,799
articles of clothing in the
month it has been in effect, and that is only the
beginning, said WSU interior design freshman Angel Lugo, president of the
Zeta Gamma Eta sorority.
Zeta Gamma Eta is topping the competition with
its donation of 611 articles
of clothing. Lugo said she
thinks the competition is
fun and a win-win situation.
See SERVICE page 5
Seminar discusses fiscal responsibility
BYROSIEGERRISH
asst. news editor | The Signpost
@RosieGerrish
Students gathered in
Weber State University's Center for Diversity
and Unity to hear about
fiscal responsibility on
Tuesday. Speakers from
the Student Wellness
Center and Weber State
Credit Union explained
to students the basics
of debt and how to save
money during college.
Kaitlyn Ott, student
director of peer education for the Student
Wellness Center, outlined several ways to be
fiscally responsible as a
student. Steps included
avoiding unnecessary
debt; eating in; utilizing Students gather in the Center for Diversity and Unity to learn about fiscal responsibility and being financially well from Kaitlyn Ott, the student director
See FINANCE page 5 of peer education for the Student Wellness Center.
PHOTO BY KAITLYN JOHNSON | THE SIGNPOST
Weber offers range of
scholarship opportunities
BY DANIELLE MURPHY
news reporter | The Signpost
@Murphyl Danielle
It is scholarship season, and Weber State
University offers a variety for students to apply for. Deadlines span
from Ian. 13 to March 1.
"We have English department scholarships,
one for English teaching
majors, one for English
literature majors, and
most of the rest are pretty small," said Kyra Hudson, with the English
department's scholarship committee. "We
would like to see more
if we could. We hope we
have made it easy, and
we urge English majors
to apply. The applications are in our office.
I think the application
process is really simple.
First, they need to apply
through the scholarship
office at Weber State,
and then they can continue with the English
department."
Most departments
offer a departmental
scholarship for students
who already have declared their majors and
know what career field
they want to go into.
"Scholarships are
definitely worth applying for," said losh Norman, musical theater
major. "I missed out on
applying for them last
semester, but I am going to apply for them
this semester for sure.
See SCHOLARSHIP page 5

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Antelope Island offers ■ WSU hockey clinches conference title
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CALENDAR 2
EDITORIAL 3
FEATURES 4
SPORTS 6
HELP WANTED 9
VOL 84 ISSUE 59
"EDNESDAY, JANUARY 29,2014
WWW.WSUSIGNP0ST.COM
I
"There are a lot of those unsung
heroes... that give us their support
by decorating their stores or by
letting their employees wear purple
shirts. You walk in and you realize
you're in Wildcat country."
DAVID WILSON
WSUSA president
State of the Association
President David Wilson addresses students
PHOTO BY HAILEY MAYES | THE SIGNPOST
WSU student body president David Wilson expresses how he feels about the
accomplishments of the university in the State of the Association Address.
BYROSIEGERRISH
asst. news editor | The Signpost
@RosieGerrish
For the first time in
four years, Weber State
University had a State
of the Association Address during the weekly
student senate meeting
Monday.
Student body president David Wilson gave
the speech, which was
meant to be similar to
the United States' Presidential State of the
Union Address. Wilson
highlighted the accomplishments and events
of the WSU Student
Association so far this
year.
Wilson emphasized
the endeavors of the
vice presidents he works
with, including Trevor
Annis (service), Tessa
Diamond (leadership),
Alex Grimes (clubs
and organizations),
Lola Moli (diversity),
Courtney Woodfield
(programming) and
Alexis Marquez (Davis
campus).
Wilson went on to
highlight the importance of the WSU student senators.
"The semester this
year started up a little
bit slow . . . but where
we started off slow, I feel
like we really made up
for, and hit the ground
running for the rest of
the semester," he said.
Wilson said Homecoming was a big success. He spoke about
the lighting of the 'W
on the mountain, focusing on the students
and the return of Homecoming Royalty with the
help of WSU alumni. He
then described the student-initiated Wildcat
Center in the Stromberg
Gym Complex, which
began in the student
senate with senate president Brady Harris.
See PRESIDENT page 5
Greek every other week for Ogden's YCC
BYSKYLERPYLE
news editor | The Signpost
@SkylerPyle
Two Weber State University students, members
of the Pi Theta Xi fraternity, have started a competition with other organizations on campus to see
who can donate the most
to help the less fortunate
in the Ogden area.
Brendan Woodhall, a
WSU junior in business
administration, and Nathan Richard, a WSU
sophomore in early childhood and elementary education, both new actives
to Pi Theta Xi, said they
got the idea from their involvement with the WSU
InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship, which did a
clothing drive for Christmas. They both said the
drive was such a success
it made them want to continue helping the community.
After bringing their
idea to the Greek Coun
cil and getting support
from Zeta Gamma Eta,
Delta Chi Nu, Tau Psi Beta
and Phi Gamma Lambda, Woodhall and Richard decided to make it a
full-fledged competition
to see who could donate
the most clothing to Your
Community Connection
— a nonprofit organization that provides shelter
and help to victims of domestic violence, rape and
poverty according to its
website — by Feb. 19.
"We went to each organization individually, and
we have four other organizations that are helping us
out," Woodhall said. "And
if there is one thing people want to know about
the Greeks, it is that we
are competitive, so we are
having a lot of fun with the
competitive part of this."
Woodhall and Richard
devised a competition
that would not just help
the community but also
build the Greek community. Instead of the win
ner receiving a monetary
prize, they decided to create a coupon book with a
variety of winning selections, such as a coupon
that states the losing organization has to throw a
tea party for the winning
organization, or spot the
winning organization for
a day at the gym.
"We tried to keep the
awards as non-monetary
as possible, so we weren't
spending our money that
could actually go to charity," Richard said. "That
is pretty counterproductive in my mind. If we are
throwing money to an
award, then it just would
not be beneficial."
Woodhall and Richard
created the competition
to be broken down into
two-week periods so that
they could continually
have donations to make to
YCC.
"We wanted to have donations every two weeks
so that we can get to the
YCC in a timely manner,
PHOTO BY SKYLER PYLE | THE SIGNPOST
(Left) Members of the
WSU sororities and fraternities bag their second donation to YCC in
Ogden for their competition that will run
through Feb. 19.
to make the donation
available to people to
use it when they need it,"
Woodhall said. "It's cold
this time of year, and we
are also trying to stretch it
out as long as possible."
The competition has
yielded a total of 1,799
articles of clothing in the
month it has been in effect, and that is only the
beginning, said WSU interior design freshman Angel Lugo, president of the
Zeta Gamma Eta sorority.
Zeta Gamma Eta is topping the competition with
its donation of 611 articles
of clothing. Lugo said she
thinks the competition is
fun and a win-win situation.
See SERVICE page 5
Seminar discusses fiscal responsibility
BYROSIEGERRISH
asst. news editor | The Signpost
@RosieGerrish
Students gathered in
Weber State University's Center for Diversity
and Unity to hear about
fiscal responsibility on
Tuesday. Speakers from
the Student Wellness
Center and Weber State
Credit Union explained
to students the basics
of debt and how to save
money during college.
Kaitlyn Ott, student
director of peer education for the Student
Wellness Center, outlined several ways to be
fiscally responsible as a
student. Steps included
avoiding unnecessary
debt; eating in; utilizing Students gather in the Center for Diversity and Unity to learn about fiscal responsibility and being financially well from Kaitlyn Ott, the student director
See FINANCE page 5 of peer education for the Student Wellness Center.
PHOTO BY KAITLYN JOHNSON | THE SIGNPOST
Weber offers range of
scholarship opportunities
BY DANIELLE MURPHY
news reporter | The Signpost
@Murphyl Danielle
It is scholarship season, and Weber State
University offers a variety for students to apply for. Deadlines span
from Ian. 13 to March 1.
"We have English department scholarships,
one for English teaching
majors, one for English
literature majors, and
most of the rest are pretty small," said Kyra Hudson, with the English
department's scholarship committee. "We
would like to see more
if we could. We hope we
have made it easy, and
we urge English majors
to apply. The applications are in our office.
I think the application
process is really simple.
First, they need to apply
through the scholarship
office at Weber State,
and then they can continue with the English
department."
Most departments
offer a departmental
scholarship for students
who already have declared their majors and
know what career field
they want to go into.
"Scholarships are
definitely worth applying for," said losh Norman, musical theater
major. "I missed out on
applying for them last
semester, but I am going to apply for them
this semester for sure.
See SCHOLARSHIP page 5